At the End of the World
...At the end of the world great bears sleep under drifts,
Cardinal crowned Cranes sing and dance in joyous union.
Long winters blossomed by colourful spring and autumn.
Sweet summers vibrate with la...
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Categories:
ainu, nature,
Form: Free verse
Love's Lonely Song
...The surf pounds against cliff.
I beat my pillow moaning.
You are gone, your heart of stone
not swayed by my tears.
Onoko*-san, the bringer
who has seeded my garden,
return like the sea otte...
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Categories:
ainu, love,
Form: Dodoitsu
The Fisherman's Wife
...The surf pounds against cliff
I beat my pillow moaning
you are gone, your heart of stone
not swayed by my tears
onoko*-san the bringer
who has seeded my garden
return like the sea otter
through th...
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Categories:
ainu, longing, lost love,
Form: Dodoitsu